Bacon and cheese smashed potatoes Arrange the smashed potatoes on the sheet pan, and top each portion with greens, a chopped slice of cooked bacon, and plenty of cheese. Mashed potato balls stuffed with bacon and cheddar cheese and fried till crispy and golden. These tasty mashed potato balls will make a great side dish for your next family get together, and will make you look like a pro.

Ingredients of Bacon and cheese smashed potatoes

  1. Prepare 2 of # Yukon gold potatoes.
  2. You need of cooking spray / olive oil.
  3. Prepare of Salt and pepper.
  4. Prepare 1 tsp of garlic powder.
  5. You need 1 tsp of onion powder.
  6. It's 1 1/2 C of mozzarella cheese, shredded.
  7. Prepare 3/4 C of bacon, crumble it up.
  8. You need 1 Tbsp of chives, chopped.
  9. You need of Avocado creme:.
  10. It's 1 of avocado, mashed.
  11. You need 1/2-3/4 C of sour cream (or Greek yogurt).
  12. It's 1 tsp of minced garlic.
  13. It's pinch of salt.

Bacon and cheese smashed potatoes instructions

  1. Preheat oven to broil..
  2. Boil potatoes in a 6qt pan of salted water for 30-35 minutes or until tender. Drain. Put the potatoes on a greased cookie sheet and use a potato masher (or coffee mug) to lightly flatten the potatoes. Spray potatoes lightly with olive oil and season with S&P, garlic and onion powders..
  3. Broil for about 15 minutes. Crispy and golden. I used second rack in oven, not top..
  4. While potatoes are boiling or broiling, fry the bacon and drain on paper towels. Crush up for topping..
  5. Pull potatoes out of oven; top with cheese and bacon. Return them to the oven to melt the cheese, just about a minute. Remove from oven and season with a little S&P and chives. Serve with the avocado creme. Delicious!.

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